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δώδεκα

dṓdeka · G1427 · Greek · 75 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. twelve

    Cardinal number, where there are twelve instances of a countable entity

    Examples

    Matthew 10:1 Jesus summoned His twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness.

    Matthew 10:2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and his brother Andrew; and James the son of Zebedee, and his brother John;

    Matthew 11:1 When Jesus had finished giving instructions to His twelve disciples, He went on from there to teach and preach in their cities.

  2. the twelve disciples

    Shorthand for the twelve disciples: ‘the twelve’

    Examples

    Matthew 10:5 These twelve Jesus sent out after instructing them, saying, “Do not go on a road to Gentiles, and do not enter a city of Samaritans;

    Matthew 26:14 Then one of the twelve, named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests

    Matthew 26:20 Now when evening came, Jesus was reclining at the table with the twelve.

How it’s used In 9 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

1 occurrences in 1 groups

Named alongside itApposition

7 occurrences in 12 groups

What it doesIt is the subject

3 occurrences in 2 groups

What is done to itIt is the object

11 occurrences in 10 groups

It is given or told toIndirect object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

5 occurrences in 3 groups

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word
עָשָׂר ʻâsâr · H6240 · ten, -teen (in compound numbers)
The Hebrew bound morpheme עָשָׂר (ʻâsâr, H6240) (עָשָׂר, “-teen”) combines with other numbers to form compound numerals such as “twelve,” while δώδεκα (dṓdeka, G1427) is the single lexicalized Greek word for the number twelve. The Greek term regularly translates Hebrew numeral phrases built with עָשָׂר (ʻâsâr, H6240), such as שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר, literally “two-ten.”
Semantic domains 1 entry
Twelve60.21
Used of a specific cardinal number, as of Jesus appointing twelve disciples to be with Him and sent out to preach in Mark 3:14, and the twelve tribes of Israel addressed in James 1:1.
Word family 21 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

δύο dýo · G1417 · two · 133×δώδεκαdṓdeka · G1427διακόσιοι diakósioi · G1250 · two hundred · 8×δίς dís · G1364 · twice, more than once, several times · 6×διπλοῦς diploûs · G1362 · twice as much, double · 4×Δίδυμος Dídymos · G1324 · double, i.e. twin; Didymus, a Christian · 3×δίστομος dístomos · G1366 · double-edged · 3×δίδραχμον dídrachmon · G1323 · two-drachma piece, temple tax · 2×διετία dietía · G1333 · a two-year period · 2×διστάζω distázō · G1365 · to doubt, to be uncertain about, doubt · 2×διχοστασία dichostasía · G1370 · division, discord · 2×διχοτομέω dichotoméō · G1371 · to cut in two, to punish severely, to punish · 2×δίψυχος dípsychos · G1374 · doubleminded, doubting, doubter · 2×διετής dietḗs · G1332 · two years old · 1×διθάλασσος dithálassos · G1337 · cross-currents, sandbar, reef · 1×δίλογος dílogos · G1351 · double-tongued, two-faced, hypocritical · 1×διπλόω diplóō · G1363 · to double, to cause twice as much as · 1×δισχίλιοι dischílioi · G1367 · two thousand · 1×διχάζω dicházō · G1369 · to incite to revolt, to cause to rebel · 1×δωδέκατος dōdékatos · G1428 · twelfth · 1×δωδεκάφυλον dōdekáphylon · G1429 · the twelve tribes, the people of Israel · 1×
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon οἱ, αἱ, τά (from Homer down), twelve: Mt 9:20; Mt 10:1; (L T Tr WH in Acts 19:7; Acts…
οἱ, αἱ, τά (from Homer down), twelve: Mt 9:20; Mt 10:1; (L T Tr WH in Acts 19:7; Acts 24:11 for δεκαδύο); Rev 7:5 (R G i b'); Rev 21:21, etc.; οἱ δώδεκα, the twelve apostles of Jesus, so called by way of eminence: Mk 9:35; Mk 10:32; Mk 11:11; Mt 26:14, Mt 26:20; Lk 22:3, etc.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry
One, Two, Three, Etc. [Cardinals]58 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0

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